About the Book:

Title: An Unlikely Proposition 

Author: Rosalyn Eves 

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Release Date: March 5, 2024

Pages: 298

Genre: YA Romance, YA Historical Fiction

Synopsis:

A standalone companion to An Improbable Season, this Regency romance ⁠― perfect for fans of Bridgerton ― is about following your heart, pursuing your dreams, and falling head over heels in love.

Eleanor did not come to London to be proper and boring. After the death of her husband and a year of mourning, the seventeen-year-old wants nothing more than her independence and to have a little fun. She’s hardly looking to remarry, despite pressures from her late husband’s nephew, who is keen on obtaining her inheritance. Eleanor quickly devises a plan that includes a fake engagement. What’s not a part of the plan? Falling for a dashing, quiet man outside of her social circle – a man who is not her betrothed. Can she survive the Season with her heart and her fortune intact?

Thalia is determined to begin afresh after a disastrous first Season in London. No romantic distractions, but only her work as a poet and newfound companion to Eleanor. Determined to get her poems published, she struggles to be taken seriously as a female writer. As the spring progresses, Thalia does not expect to take interest in a man from her past (a man who is engaged to her employer, no less!), but some feelings demand to be felt even if the timing isn’t quite right.

Rosalyn Eves’s An Unlikely Proposition is a transportive Regency drama that captures the sparkle of London, thrill of friendship, and swoon of new love.

Review:

*I received an e-arc via Netgalley from the publisher. Thank you for the opportunity to review! All thoughts are my own*

An Unlikely Proposition is a companion to Eves’ first historical romance, An Improbable Season. I really enjoyed the first book, but I loved the second! This book is a beautifully written Regency drama that is perfect for fans of Jane Austen or Julia Quinn. 

For this one, there were dual points of view between Eleanor and Thalia. Eleanor is a widow and has been in mourning for the past year. She doesn’t plan on remarrying and just wants to have fun. She hires Thalia as a companion. 

Thalia wants a fresh start after an elopement attempt last season. She doesn’t plan on any romantic attachments; she just wants to work on her writing as a poet. 

I adored Eleanor and Thalia and their friendship that develops over the course of the story. The book was about more than romance, it was about sisterhood as well. 

I highly recommend! 

About the Author:

Rosalyn Eves grew up in the Rocky Mountains, dividing her time between reading books and bossing her siblings into performing her dramatic scripts. As an adult, the telling and reading of stories is still one of her favorite things to do. When she’s not reading or writing, she enjoys spending time with her chemistry professor husband and three children, watching British period pieces, or hiking through the splendid landscape of southern Utah, where she lives. She dislikes housework on principle.

She is the author of the BLOOD ROSE REBELLION trilogy, BEYOND THE MAPPED STARS, and AN IMPROBABLE SEASON